Sammy urges his gamers to coach with function and have a greater mindset

The questions have been many, however judging from coach Daren Sammy’s media interplay forward of the second Test on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, there aren’t any simple solutions to reviving West Indies cricket. For quite a lot of years now, the crew representing the Caribbean islands has been in corrosive decline, stumbling via a sequence of lows with out understanding find out how to stem the rot.

Hard work

From monetary worries to structural shortcomings to the plain lack of high quality, Sammy, who took cost of the Test unit earlier this yr, describes these points as a “most cancers that’s rooted deep into the system”. But what he doesn’t need, after a demoralising defeat to India in Ahmedabad, is for his gamers to be missing in effort and arduous work compared to their opponents.

“The troubles now we have didn’t begin now. I do know I’m below the microscope. Our issues don’t lie on the floor. The rapid repair is to encourage the fellows to coach higher and have a greater mindset,” he instructed reporters.

“The solely method we will match up and compete is that if we’re ready to outwork the opposition. We’re not doing that. That’s the place I’ve challenged them. When we prepare, now we have to be extra exact and purposeful. We can’t have the opposition outworking us. That is the most important challenge for me. You don’t have to have expertise to work arduous.”

Great legacy

Given West Indies’ downward spiral, the discuss of a two-tier system in Tests is just going to assemble additional tempo. But Sammy urged his crew’s cricketing legacy to not be forgotten whereas participating in such conversations.

“The historical past we carry and the legacy now we have left in all codecs… Obviously the best way we’re taking part in now, all people would lean in direction of that (demotion). But if we take that apart and perceive the influence West Indies has had in worldwide cricket, we deserve all what we ask for,” the 41-year-old said.